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1. A CARTONING MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND ERECTING CARTONS AND FOR LOADINGARTICLES INTO THE SAID CARTONS, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING MAGAZINE MEANSFOR STORING SAID CARTONS IN A FLAT FOLDED CONDITION, MEANS FOR FEEDINGSAID CARTONS SEQUENTIALLY FROM SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLYMOVING SAID CARTONS IN A PATH OF TRAVEL AFTER THEY ARE FED FROM SAIDMAGAZINE, MEANS FOR ERECTING SAID CARTONS AS THEY ARE TRANSPORTED ONSAID CONTINUOUS MOVING MEANS, SAID ERECTED CARTONS HAVING FORU SIDEWALLS FROM WHICH EXTEND SIDE WALL FLAPS, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID SIDEWALL FLAPS TO FORM TWO OPPOSITE OPEN SIDES ON SAID ERECTED CARTONS,MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING TWO CONTINUOUS STREAMS OF ARTICLES IN ADIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CARTONSADJACENT THE OPEN SIDES OF SAID CARTONS, FEED SCREW MEANS FOR MOVINGSAID STREAMS OF ARTICLES FROM SAID CONTINUOUS ARTICLE MOVING MEANSTOWARD THE OPEN SIDES OF SAID CARTONS AND FOR SEGREGATING SAID ARTICLESINTO GROUPS, SAID FEED SCREW MEANS HAVING A SPIRAL VANE OF INCREASINGWIDTH THEREON OPERABLE TO SPACE SAID ARTICLES INTO GROUPS OF ARTICLESSPACED APART AN INCREASING DISTANCE AS THEY ARE MOVED ALONG SAID FEEDSCREW BY SAID SPIRAL VANE, EACH OF SAID GROUPS CONTAINING A PLURALITY OFARTICLES, MEANS FOR MOVING A GROUP OF ARTICLES INTO EACH OPEN SIDE OFSAID CARTONS AND MEANS FOR MOVING AND SEALING SAID SIDE WALL FLAPS.